Former Sea Gull Eric Martin selected to U.S. National Training Team

Jun 16, 2009

SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Former Salisbury University
All-American Eric Martin was selected to the 2010
U.S. Men's Lacrosse National Training Team as announced by US
Lacrosse. Martin is one of 40 players selected to the national
training team after a three-day tryout at Bryant University.

All 40 players, tabbed by a 14-member player selection
committee, advance with an opportunity to compete in the Federation
of International Lacrosse (FIL) World Championship in Manchester,
England, from July 10-24, 2010. Team USA will compete in three
training weekends during the fall of 2009. After those three
weekends, the roster will be cut to the FIL-mandated size of 23
players for the world championship.

Martin, who was one of several players to miss the tryout due to
injury, was one of two former Division III players to be named to
the 40-man training roster. Stephen Berger, a former midfielder
from Washington (Md.) College, is the other Division III
representative.

Martin, a two-time All-American first team defender for the Sea
Gulls, is a member of the Denver Outlaws in Major League Lacrosse
(MLL), the official outdoor professional league. The Norfolk, Va.,
native has played in the professional league for five seasons and
has made the All-Star team with the San Francisco Dragons the past
two seasons. Martin is also an All-Star in the National Lacrosse
League (NLL), the professional indoor league. Martin stars on the
San Jose Stealth where he was named a league All-Star in 2008.
Martin was named the 2004 NCAA Division III National Player of the
Year and is a two-time National Defenseman of the Year recipient
(2003, 2004) as a Sea Gull. In three seasons with Salisbury he
tallied five goals and nine assists. He was also a three-time
All-Capital Athletic Conference team selection (2002, '03, '04) and
the 2004 CAC Player of the Year. He helped SU win back-to-back
national championships in 2003 and '04.

Martin will attempt to become the first Salisbury University
lacrosse player to make the U.S. National Team. Former Gull
Justin Smith was invited to the 84-person tryout
but did not make the training team. Smith was invited to the tryout
in 2006 with three other former Sea Gulls; Joe
High, Jeff Bigas and Sean
White.

The last Division III player to make a U.S. National Team was
defenseman Tim Schurr (Washington & Lee) in 2002.